Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 47

21-November-2005

TURKEY

Turkey Plans Ceyhan Refinery, Petrochemical Plant

Botas is considering the construction of a 200,000-300,000 b/d crude refinery and petrochemical plant at Turkeys eastern Mediterranean port of Ceyhan, MEES learns. Earlier this year Turkey expressed a desire to turn Ceyhan into an energy hub, as it will soon become the loading terminal for Azeri Light crude which will reach the port via the 1,760km Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) crude...